Home Brew on Station

An integral part of life here is brewing beer, a priority in my books!, consumption has been up this season for reasons unknown. Total supply capabilities of around 2500 bottles of beer, cider and Ginger beer. Not to brag but, we do seem to have quite a selection of brews including:

Stout, Lager, Draught, Black and Tan, a variety of boutique beers, Banana ale and some which have been created here on station. 

Brewing, washing bottles, bottling all take place in our own time. There is rarely a shortage of volunteers and this takes place usually on a Wednesday night after dinner. This week saw a busy night in the brewery, with bottling of approx: 380 litres, washing of over 200 bottles, and rearranging the shelves. 

All the beer, sugar ect is supplied to us by the Div so you can imagine it is reasonably popular. 

 Some of the stock Ginger Beer and Cider.

 Stu and Tina busy bottling.

The brewery is located under the SMQ (Sleeping Medical Quarters), access is gained through a hatch in the floor which is conveniently located outside my bedroom door.

 More stock, shelves are a bit low at the moment, probably due to the Christmas rush.

 Josh capping, Alyce in the background restocking shelves.

 Some of the washed bottles and crates of bottles to be washed.

 Twin Cam's washing bottles.

Bit of an overview, and yes that's the septic tank, all fully contained of course.

 Josh washing another tub out ready to go again, we brew in different drums up to 240 litres at a time.

Another successful night.